….that informed me that my teenagers know everything, that I know nothing, that I am so old as to not understand modern English. I had to learn the hard way that they know everything, that everyone who isn’t them is a bore and a boor and bugs them to distraction, and that (just to re-iterate the obvious) they know everything.

Oh Susan…don’t worry. You will be smart again. In fact, you will be brilliant…one of my best days was last year my daughter (24) called me after she had supervised a 3rd grade field trip to a water park. She said “Mom, I want to thank you and Dad for teaching me how to behave in public.” Yessiree, she is starting to see the light!